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Domas ?eromskas: Infinite Itinerant

By Geno Thackara
May 22, 2019
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A title like Infinite Itinerant may seem like a premature (or even pretentious) statement coming from a player in his late teens, but

Domas ?eromskas

piano
b.2000

" data-original-title="" title="">Domas ?eromskas' sparkling debut shows that he's got enough ambition to back it up. The young leader's piano work smartly builds on past decades of swing and bop alongside contemporary hipness, and the all-original pieces follow suit. If this happy session is any indication, ?eromskas seems poised to live up to that exploratory promise. This is a session that sounds like it could have come from just about any decade from the '70s onwards while remaining insistently fresh and modern.

?eromskas and crew certainly know how to build an appealing hook or vamp, as in hard-grooving highlights like "Backbone" or the opening "Rail Rush." They also pay tonal homage to a classic touchstone or two along the way: "Mad Voyage" hints at its iconic

Herbie Hancock

piano
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Herbie Hancock namesake and is also reminiscent of very early

Jaco Pastorius

bass, electric
1951 - 1987

" data-original-title="" title="">Jaco Pastorius. On top of those moments, we have picturesque grooves evocative of

Esbjorn Svensson

piano
1964 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Esbjorn Svensson or snazzy funk with hints of

Orrin Evans

piano
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Orrin Evans. The pianist can spin a wild careening lead with the flashiest of young virtuosos, but shows that he's willing to supportively comp behind the sharp horn and guitar soloists as often as he actually steps in front himself.

Things are even spiced up with a smooth guest vocal towards the home stretch; "Perfumes and Sounds" can't help feeling just slightly out of place with its vaguely lounge-y verses, but crisp bass and piano solos keep the piece from going too light. If there's one most essential highlight here, it's the hard-bopping "Positive"—an exuberant defining statement of just what the affair's all about. When the last track fades out, it only suggests how much more exploration is still to come.

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Track Listing

Rail Rush; Lift; Blue Road; Mad Voyage; Torpidity; Backbone; White Light; Positive; Perfumes And Sounds; Crossroads.

Personnel

Domas ?eromskas

piano

Vytautas Labutis

saxophone

Braxton Cook

saxophone

Will Mallard

trumpet

Gustav Karlstr?m

Eugenijus Kanevi?ius

bass

Liutauras Janu?aitis

flute

Jonas Drema

drums

Aurelijus U?ameckis

bass

Arman Isojan

bass

Tomas Di?i��nas

organ, Hammond B3

?ygimantas Ba?kus

guitar

Paulius Vaicekauskas

bass, electric

Nojus Dr?sutis

bass, electric

Mindaugas Vadoklis

trumpet

Tarmo Hiis

cello

Domas ?eromskas - Piano, Fender Rhodes Jonas Drema - Drums Vytautas Labutis - Saxophones (all tracks, except 7?10), Bass Clarinet (4?5) Mindaugas Vadoklis - Trumpet (all tracks, except 4?7?10) Aurelijus U?ameckis - Upright Bass (3?6?10) Eugenijus Kanevi?ius - Upright Bass (2?5) Braxton Cook - Alto Saxophone (7) Gustav Karlstr?m - Vocals (9) Will Mallard - Trumpet (10) Liutauras Janu?aitis - Flute (4) ?ygimantas Ba?kus - Guitar (9) Tomas Di?i��nas - Organ (2) Paulius Vaicekauskas - Electric Bass (7?9) Nojus Dr?sutis - Electric Bass (4?8) Arman Isojan - Upright Bass (1?8) Tarmo Hiis - Cello (5)

Album information

Title: Infinite Itinerant | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Self Produced

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